Parke Bernet: COLORED PLATE AND SPORTING BOOKS. FIRST EDITIONS OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS, OTHER BOOKS. AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS. COLLECTED BY THE LATE CAPT. GRAHAM M. ADEE NEWPORT, R.I. BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS OF HIS ESTATE TOGETHER WITH PROPERTY OF MR, 1465,

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Auction Date: November 10, 1953 - November 10, 1953

Page Size: 420 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
201	ELIOT, G.	Felix Holt, 3 vols., Edin., 1866; in the first binding; Impressions of Theophrastus Such, Edin ...			USD -	3.00
202	EMERSON, R. W.	Poems.	Boston	1847	USD -	5.00
203		ENDYMION (Disraeli), 3 vols., Lond., 1880; Memoirs of a Midget, Lond. [1921]; The Green Carnation ( ...			USD -	3.00
204		ENGLISH LITERATURE (Brooke), Lond., 1876; Book-Lover's Quarterly, Vols. I and 2, and a duplicate of ...			USD -	Unknown
205	S. R. Koehler	ETCHING. Etching.	New York	n.d.	USD -	6.00
206		ETCHINGS AND DRYPOINTS BY F. W. BENSON (Paff), vol. IV, Bost., 1929; one of 600 copies, with an ...			USD -	15.00
207	B. N. Ternovitz	EUROPEAN ART. [Museum of New Western Art.]	Moscow	recent	USD -	15.00
208	EVANS, SIR A.	The Palace of Minos . . . at Knossos.	London	1921-36	USD -	55.00
209	EVELYN, J.	Memoirs . . . Comprising his Diary, from the Year 1641 to 1705-6 . . .	London	1818	USD -	15.00
210	[FERRIER, S.]	Destiny.	Edinburgh	1831	USD -	3.00
211	FIELDING, H.	The History of Tom Jones.	London	1749	USD -	7.50
212	W. Falconer	FORE-EDGE PAINTING. The Shipwreck.	London	1808	USD -	20.00
213	J. Thomson	FORE-EDGE PAINTING. The Seasons.	London	1811	USD -	17.50
214		FOREIGN ART SALES. Die Sammlung Oscar Huldinsky, Berlin, 1928; Sammlung Pearson. Paris ...			USD -	Unknown
215	FORMALEONI, V.	Saggio sulla Nautica Antica de Veneziani . . .	Venezia	1783	USD -	10.00
216	[FORRESTER, A. H.]	The Holiday Grammar.	London	1825	USD -	32.50
217	[FORRESTER, A.]	A Peep into Alfred Crowquill's Folio.			USD -	32.50
218	FURNISS, H.	A collection of 8 original pen-and-ink Drawings by Harry Furniss, size 9 by 3 1/4 to 4 3/8 to 3 1/4 ...			USD -	12.50
219		FURNITURE. The Furniture Designs of Thomas Chippendale; The Furniture Designs of George Hepplewhite ...	London	1910	USD -	17.50
220	GALSWORTHY, J.	The Silver Spoon, Lond. [1926]; A Modern Comedy, Lond., 1929; Captures, Lond., 1923; second issue ...			USD -	5.00
221	GALSWORTHY, J.	Escape [1926], 2 copies; The Fugitive, 1913; A Family Man [1922]; and others by Galsworthy.	London	v.d.	USD -	4.00
222		GAME, FISH, ETHNOLOGY, ETC. A collection of reports from Game and Fish Commissions of various states ...			USD -	10.00
223	P. de Nolhac	GARDENS. Les Jardins de Versailles.			USD -	10.00
224	GILLRAY, J.	Egyptian Sketches, Extracted from the Portfolio of an Ingenious Young Artist, attached to the ...	London	March 12, 1799	USD -	12.50
225	T. Wright and R. H. Evans	[GILLRAY, J.] Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray.	London	1851	USD -	Unknown
226	GOETHE, J. W. VON.	Reinecke Fuchs, Illustrated, Stuttgart, 1846; Wilhelm Meister, Translated by Carlyle, 3 vols ...			USD -	Unknown
227	[GOLDSMITH, O.]	The Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq.	London	1762	USD -	6.00
228	GOLDSMITH, O.	The Traveller, or a Prospect of Society. A Poem.	London	1765	USD -	10.00
229	GOLDSMITH, O.	Poetical and Dramatic Works.	London	1780	USD -	3.00
230	GOLDSMITH, O. and T. PARNELL	Poems.	London	1795	USD -	7.50
231	GOLDSMITH, O.	The Vicar of Wakefield.	London	1817	USD -	35.00
232	GOLDSMITH, O.	Poetical Works.	London	1820	USD -	5.00
233	T. Zouch	[GOSDEN, T.] The Life of Isaac Walton.	London	1823	USD -	10.00
234	HALES, J.	Golden Remains of the ever Memorable Mr. Iohn Hales of Eton College, &c.	London	1659	USD -	5.00
235	HARDY, T.	Jude the Obscure [1896], 2 copies; A Changed Man, 1913; Late Lyrics and Earlier, 1922, 2 copies; and ...	London	v.d.	USD -	3.00
236	HARTE, B.	Poems, 1871; First issue; 2 copies; The Twins of Table Mountain, 1879; Maruja, 1885; In the ...	Boston	v.d.	USD -	Unknown
237	HEATH, W.	Fashion and Folly: Illustrated in a Series of Twenty-One Humorous Engravings by W. Heath.	London	circa 1820	USD -	37.50
238	HEATH, W.	The Life of a Soldier.	London	1823	USD -	30.00
239	[HEATH, W.]	A Trip to Margate by Paul Pry, Esq.	London	[1828]	USD -	10.00
240	HEATH, W.	Household Servants.	London	1829	USD -	12.50
241	HEATH, H. and others	Such Things Are.	London	1835	USD -	22.50
242	HERVAS Y PANDURO, L.	Catalogo delle Lingue Conosciute e Notizia della Loro Affinita, e Diversita.	Cesena	1784	USD -	3.00
243	HEWLETT, M.	Earthwork out of Tuscany, Lond., 1895; the author's first book. One of 500 copies; The Song of the ...			USD -	5.00
244		HISTORY OF PAGANISM IN CALEDONIA (Wise), Lond., 1884; Magdalen. Translated . . . by Leo Wiener ( ...			USD -	5.00
245	HOLMES, O. W.	The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, 1858, First Issue; Elsie Venner, 2 vols., 1861, 2 copies; The ...	Boston	v.d.	USD -	3.00
246	HOLMES, O. W.	Border Lines of Knowledge in some Provinces of Medical Science, Bost., 1862; Mechanism in Thought ...			USD -	Unknown
247	T. A. Cook	HORSES. A History of the English Turf.	London	n.d.	USD -	7.50
248	HUDSON. W. H.	Green Mansions.	London	1904	USD -	16.00
249	[HUGHES, T.]	Tom Brown's School Days.	London	1857	USD -	20.00
250	[HUGHES, T.]	The Scouring of the White Horse.	Cambridge	1859	USD -	7.00
251	HUGO, V.	Quatrevingt-Treize.	Paris	1874	USD -	22.50
252	HULL, E.	Turpin's Ride to York.	London	1835	USD -	32.50
253		HUMOURIST, THE. A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdotes, Repartees, Witty Sayings, etc.	London	1819-19-19-20	USD -	47.50
254		ILLUSTRATIONS of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians (Catlin), 2 vols ...			USD -	12.50
255	IRVING, W.	Old Christmas, 1876; Bracebridge Hall, 1877.	London	1876-77	USD -	Unknown
256		ITALIAN PAINTERS, LITERATURE, etc.			USD -	3.00
257	JACKSON, C. C.	The Old Regime, 2 vols., 1880, 2 copies; The First of the Bourbons, 2 vols., 1890; The French Court ...	London	v.d.	USD -	3.00
258	JAMES, G. P. R.	The Kings Highway.	London	1840	USD -	17.50
259	[JOHNSON, S.]	Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces.	London	1774	USD -	3.00
260	[JOHNSON, S.]	A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland.	London	1775	USD -	6.00
261	[JOHNSTON, C.]	Chrysal; or the Adventures of a Guinea.	London	1821	USD -	9.00
262	KEENE, C.	Our People.	London	1881	USD -	Unknown
263	R. Herrick	KELMSCOTT PRESS. Poems chosen out of the Works of Robert Herrick.	[Hammersmith]	[1895]	USD -	17.50
264	KIPLING, R.	Letters of Marque.	Allahabad	1891	USD -	15.00
265	KIPLING, R.	The Jungle Book, 1894; The Second Jungle Book, 1895.	London	1894-95	USD -	20.00
266	KIPLING, R.	The Jungle Book, 1894; The Second Jungle Book, 1895; writing on front fly-leaf.	London	1894-95	USD -	30.00
267	KIPLING, R.	A collection of his Writings.	Garden City	1915-33	USD -	25.00
268	KIPLING, R.	Actions and Reactions, 1909; Puck of Pook's Hill, 1906; Rewards and Fairies, 1910, 2 copies; and ...	London	v.d.	USD -	7.50
269	LAMB, C.	Specimen Days of English Dramatic Poets, who lived About the Time of Shakespeare.	London	1808	USD -	6.00
270	LAMB, C.	Prose Works.	London	1838	USD -	12.50
271	LANE, T.	Theatrical Pleasures.	London	1830	USD -	12.50
272		LAUGHING BOY (La Farge), Cambridge, 1929; The Good Companions (Priestley), Lond., 1929; Street Joy ( ...			USD -	Unknown
273	G. A. A'Beckett	[LEECH, J.] The Comic History of England, two vols. in 1, n.d.; The Comic History of Rome [1851 ...	London	[1851] and n.d.	USD -	7.00
274	[LE SAGE, A. R.]	The Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane.	London	1819	USD -	12.50
275		LESSONS OF THRIFT. Published for General Benefit.	London	1820	USD -	10.00
276		LIFE IN LONDON (Egan), colored plates by I. R. and G. Cruikshank, n.d.; Dr. Comicus, colored plates ...	London	v.d.	USD -	17.50
277		LIFE OF CHARLES HENRY COUNT HOYM, THE (Pichon), N. Y.: Grolier Club, 1899, limited edition; Seven ...			USD -	3.00
278		LINES TO THE RECORDER (Halleck), N. Y., 1866; Fanny, N. Y., 1866; Bunker Hill (Murdock), Bost., 1927 ...			USD -	5.00
279		LITERARY HISTORY OF ENGLAND, 1790-1825 (Oliphant), 3 vols., Lond., 1882; Caxton Celebration, 1877 ...			USD -	11.00
280		LITTLE AMERICA (Byrd), N. Y., 1930; Author's Autograph Edition, limited to 1,000 copies, signed by ...			USD -	7.50
281		LITTLE HYDROGEN, or, The Devil on Two Sticks in London.	London	1819	USD -	10.00
282		LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME, THE (Fox), N. Y., 1903; Dream Life [Mitchell], N. Y., 1851; 3 ...			USD -	5.00
283		LONDON CHARACTERS.	London	1827	USD -	14.00
284	LONGFELLOW, H. W.	Tales of a Wayside Inn, 1863; The Masque of Pandora and other Poems, 1875; Poetical Works, 4 vols ...	Boston	v.d.	USD -	Unknown
285		LOOKING GLASS: OR, CARICATURE ANNUAL. 1830, THE.	London	1831	USD -	11.00
286	LUCAS, E. V.	Sir Pulteney, Lond. [1910]; The Vermilion Box, Lond. [1916]; and others by Lucas.			USD -	4.00
287		LUNA PAPERS, THE. . . . Edited by H. I. Priestly. Vol. II only. De-land, 1928; twelve copies; Pedro ...	Deland	1923-28	USD -	3.00
288	MABIE, H. W.	The Writers of Knickerbocker New York, N. Y.; Grolier Club, 1912, 3 copies on Roman parchment ...			USD -	10.00
289		MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE. Heptameron [in German].	Bern	1791	USD -	20.00
290	MASEFIELD, J.	The Taking of Helen, Lond., 1923, 2 copies; The Trial of Jesus, Lond., 1925; King Cole, Lond., 1921 ...			USD -	5.00
291	MELVILLE, H.	Works.	London	1922-24	USD -	80.00
292	MELVILLE, H.	The Apple-Tree Table, Princeton, 1922, Limited Edition; John Marr and Other Poems, Princeton, 1922 ...			USD -	15.00
293		MEMOIRES ARCHEOLOGIQUES. Le Temple d'Angkor Vat: La Sculpture Ornemental du Temple, 2 parts, 1930; L ...	Paris	1926-32	USD -	22.50
294		MEMOIRS (Hazlitt), 2 vols., Lond., 1867; Human Intercourse (Hamerton), Lond., 1884; The Story of my ...			USD -	3.00
295	MEREDITH, G.	Modern Love, Lond., 1862; Evan Harrington, N. Y., 1860; The Tale of Chloe, Lond., 1894; and others ...			USD -	8.00
296	MEREDITH, G.	Ballads and Poems, 1887, 2 copies; The Empty Purse, 1892, 2 copies; Poems and Lyrics, 1883; and ...	London	v.d.	USD -	3.00
297	MEREDITH, G.	Emilia in England, 3 vols., 1864; The Shaving of Shagpat, 3 vols., 1856; Beauchamp's Career, 3 vols ...	London	v.d.	USD -	7.00
298		MICROCOSM OF LONDON, THE.	London	[1808-10]	USD -	290.00
299	MILNE, A. A.	Now We Are Six.	London	[1927]	USD -	17.50
300	MILNE, A. A.	Now We Are Six [1927]; The House at Pooh Corner [1928.]	London	[1927-28]	USD -	6.00

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